Thread: The Playstation screen->VGA mod update

Originally posted by jol
Any chance on the gamevue screens? =)

Please don't quote me on this, if your screen fries.

But if the screen used the proper Playstation AV Multi RGB connector, and has a passthrough, you may be in luck.

I desoldered the passthrough from the board on the screen (and I suck with a soldering iron).

and used that to make a cable, rather than sodler stright onto the pads.

Njay used a light gun/guncon type cable to get hold of an AV multi out passthrough.

If you don't fancy desoldering on the board, maybe one of those for a couple of pounds/dollars might be your best bet.

That way, if your soldering goes bad, you can always desolder again, without risking the board.


Try it. Make the cable. When I post the pics, I'll try post an Excel spread sheet with all the pinouts, and some pics of the connectors etc, along with M pro's diagram.

With the problems I was having with the VGA/RGB output, I checked the Compsite was still working, and it was fine.

Good to hear you are making some progress even if its hampered by the CD drive, etc.

Are you going to look into altering the Arcade setting to that you have a RGB widescreen ratio?

Originally posted by NJay
Good to hear you are making some progress even if its hampered by the CD drive, etc.

Are you going to look into altering the Arcade setting to that you have a RGB widescreen ratio?

Once I get the Nvidia drivers installed I'm going to see if it offers the arcade option first on the GF2MX. I wonder if it was because I was using 98 on the old install that caused the probs? because on my main XP machine the G450 offers arcade.

once I get it running on the PS2 screen I'll look at either stretching it to 16x9, or using 800x480. See which works.

Originally posted by M pro
Skraggy! I was looking over the diagram I did you and I noticed a mistake!

I put sync to pin 6 on the diagram I did but it should go to pin 7!

I have updated the layout like so




sorry about that!

So it needs to use the S-Video C pin, not the composite synch

Like here? .

I'll change it tonight cheers.

I have pin 6 listed as composite sych though?

Originally posted by M pro
Never mind!! Its one of these days and I have a splitting head :/

I'm seeing things

6 is right reedited

LOL. Good day then

Originally posted by M pro
Hehehe yer one of the best

I was like NOOOOoo!! Its to pin 7 not 6!! @_@! Then I was like hold on I was right first time it is pin 6…… told ya I’m seeing things

Don't worry. when I was soldering it, the pins are offset into two rows, so they could solderered to the original board with room arround.

So I had two rows of six pretty closely closely spaced pins. had real trouble. Was cross eyed by the time I finished, and solder fumes gave me a real thumper too.

hopefully, Powerstrip, Win2k and the GF2MX will give my the Arcade option.

Didn't have it listed under 98 with the Matrox, but when I installed the Matrox intomy XP machine, it was available (as it was with the GF2MX).